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FBI List: Court Orders Final Forfeiture Of Invictus' ₦235m

FBI List: Court Orders Final Forfeiture Of Invictus’ ₦235m

Justice A. M. Liman of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, has ordered the final forfeiture of ₦235,451,969 traced to the account of a convicted fraudster, Obinwanne Okeke, to the Federal Government of Nigeria.

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Wilson Uwujaren, announced this in a statement on Thursday.

Okeke, the Chief Executive Officer of Invictus Group, pleaded guilty to two charges: computer fraud and wire fraud.Africa Daily News, New York reported his arrest in August 2019 by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

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Okeke, who made …

Popular Cosmetic Surgeon, Dr Anu Arraigned Over Botched Surgery

Popular Cosmetic Surgeon, Dr Anu Arraigned Over Botched Surgery

Controversial Lagos based cosmetic surgeon, Dr. Anuoluwapo Adepoju popularly known as Dr Anu, has been arraigned before Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos state by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission FCCPC.

Dr Anu who owns Med Contour, was arrested and charged to court over allegations of a botched surgery she allegedly conducted that led to the death of a patient, one Mrs. Nneka Onwuzuligbo.

FCCPC had accused her of obstructing the investigation by its officers into the case and also disregarding several summons sent to her to appear before the agency and summons by the agency …

End SARS: Lagos Govt Arrests 229 Hoodlums

Lagos Task Force Storm Ikoyi, VI In Midnight Raid

The Special Committee on Clean-Up of Ikoyi and Victoria Island stepped up enforcement campaign late Saturday night and impounded 29 vehicles indiscriminately parked in the areas.

Dr Tunji Bello, the Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, made this known in a statement issued by the Director, Public Affairs of the ministry, Mr Kunle Adeshina, on Sunday.

Bello listed the areas affected by the operation as the stretch of Adetokunbo Ademola St., Olosa St., Oko Awo St. and Oyin Jolayemi St.

He said that all vehicles that were parked at prohibited places, including walkways, setbacks and the frontage of

Ikoyi Prison Electrocution: 8 Officers Suspended

Eight officers of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) have been suspended over their alleged role in the electrocution of five inmates of the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Ikoyi, Lagos.

They have been directed to proceed on suspension to enable unfettered investigation into the sad incident.

A statement issued in Abuja today by Francis Enobore, Controller of Corrections, said the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB), had approved the suspension.

The two paragraph statement reads: “The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) have approved the suspension of seven senior officers and one junior personnel of …

Authorities To investigate Soyombo’s Ikoyi Prison Stories

Authorities To investigate Soyombo’s Ikoyi Prison Stories

Nigerian Correctional Service said it has set up a “high powered panel” to investigate the allegations in an investigative report made by undercover journalist Fisayo Soyombo.

The first installment of the three-part investigation by Soyombo exposed how Nigerian policemen “pervert the course of justice in their quest for ill-gotten money”.

In the second part of the investigation published on Monday by The Cable exposed “how the courts short-change the law, and the prisons are themselves a cesspool of the exact reasons for which they hold inmates.”

Soyombo spent eight days as an inmate in Ikoyi Prison — to track …

NIS begins issuance of 10-year e-passport at Ikoyi office

NIS begins issuance of 10-year e-passport at Ikoyi office

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), will start the issuance of 10-year validity e-passport at the Ikoyi passport office on June 25, 2019.

A statement in Abuja on Thursday by the NIS spokesman, Sunday James said: “The enhanced 10 year validity e-Passport will be rolled-out at the Ikoyi Passport office on Tuesday 25th June 2019.

“In view of the above, the Service plans to shut down the existing payment platform for Ikoyi Passport office to give way for the new one.

‘Hence, the Ikoyi Passport office will only attend to Passport applications for the enhanced e-Passport effective from the stated date.…